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Sideboard (15)

Description

Pretty basic Bant Exalted deck built around Rafiq of the Many. Turn 1 Noble Hierarch means turn 2 Ardent Plea cascade into a Sigiled Paladin then turn 3 drop Sublime Archangel and swing with an 8/8 first strike then at least a 10/9 flying the next turn. Drop a Rafiq of the Many turn 4 thats a 12/11 flying double strike. Rancor allows for all of that exalted buff you worked to hard to get to make it straight to the face. Give him double strike or a second combat phase, you can say GG to your opponent. I'm Sure someone will ask "Why aren't you running Cathedral of War???" The answer is simple, It slows me down. It comes into play tapped, and very few generic symbols exist on my creatures. A turn 1 cathedral of warfare doesn't allow me to play Akrasan Squire or Noble Hierarch. It also prevents me from playing turn 2 Sigiled Paladin and Ethercaste Knight. So don't ask about that card! Although it suffers to some control and sweepers, this deck can annihilate super fast. Just roll some disruption and that control worry is no more.

July 21, 2012
12:22 p.m.

I think Rancor
would work better than Rhox Charger
when it comes to giving trample. First, it can be cascaded into, while Rhox Charger
cannot. Also, Rancor
is a lot more resistant to removal than Rhox Charger
is, and finally, Rancor
's +2/+0 power boost is better than the +1/+1 you'd be getting from Rhox Charger
's extra instance of exalted.

July 21, 2012
3:09 p.m.

LOL at vishnarg asking about Cathedral of War
after you explicitly said not to. :) I will +1 this because I love Rafiq... he's my most deadly EDH deck Commander. This deck looks very sensibly built, great mana curve!

July 21, 2012
7:49 p.m.

Cavern of Souls
naming human early game or what ever you need later game (angel or I guess soldier) could help for both mana fixing and the control match up. Also maybe with the high number of knights you could sideboard Knight Exemplar
to combat board wipe.

July 22, 2012
10:06 p.m.

@aeonstoremyliver I hadn't payed attention to the cards I put in the sideboard lol. But I'm on the fence about Knight Exemplar
. What do I take out for it? and The fact that it doesn't come standard with exalted is kind of eh. That and Not every creature is a knight. The Important ones are but not all of them. If it was available for cascade from Ardent Plea
I would probably be more likely to run it but i'm not sure yet.

July 23, 2012
4:51 a.m.

July 23, 2012
10:37 a.m.

I think you need to focus less on exalted triggers and more on what would get you more wins quicker, I think Akrasan Squire
and Ethercaste Knight
are great but underwhelming cards. Running a set of Birds of Paradise
could help get out expensive pieces a turn earlier. A couple Wall of Denial
could really just make this deck unattackable. Bant Charm
is also a great utility card at your disposal.

Giltspire Avenger
seems like a really good 3-drop to have, I'd run it over Rhox Charger
. Qasali Pridemage
is also a modern staple card, very useful to deal with artifacts or enchantments, while still buffing with exalted, maybe put them in the sideboard.

I like running Jhessian Infiltrator
in exalted decks as well, sure she doesn't have exalted herself, but she's a guaranteed unblocked swing which is great to have. Maybe Invisible Stalker
is better with the hexproof, but they are something to consider. Artful Dodge
might also have a place.

I also agree with platinum_demon that Rancor
would work nicely in this deck if the unblockables are left out.

Stoic Angel
is a pretty good card for exalted decks, though your 4 drop slots are getting a bit cramped, Silent Arbiter
is also a really good idea. I think including one of these cards will help put your opponent on very uneven ground when It comes to attacking.

Thoughts on the deck now? It seems slightly slower to me but it will most likely hold up a bit better against a wider variety of decks. I'm wondering If I should remove Mana Leak
from the sideboard and replace it with maybe 2x Bant Charm
and 2x Oblivion Ring
?

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